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Bishop: Episcopal Church must change
Timesunion.com ^ | 5/14/2012 | Kenneth C. Crowe II

Posted on 05/14/2012 3:39:30 PM PDT by Morgana

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1 posted on 05/14/2012 3:39:44 PM PDT by Morgana
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To: Morgana

Considering the source, I would guess that, at the bottom of the Bishop’s ideas, is an embrace of homosexuality.


2 posted on 05/14/2012 3:43:21 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: Morgana
Wrong a zillion times over. These churches are falling apart because of moving away from their traditions.
3 posted on 05/14/2012 3:44:41 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Morgana

Absolutely agreed. The Episcopal Church must change. Getting rid of Bishop Schori would be a good start.


4 posted on 05/14/2012 3:48:15 PM PDT by Flatus I. Maximus
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To: Morgana
The Episcopal Church must embrace change and diversity if it is to move forward, the presiding bishop of the 2.4 million member church said . . .

Embrace change and diversity? Today's Episcopal Church has gone way beyond "embrace" of those qualities into the realm of "shag" in positions unknown even in the Kama Sutra. As a result, that "2.4 million" figure is a pipe dream; the official tally today is well below 2 million . . . and falling like a rock.

5 posted on 05/14/2012 3:52:03 PM PDT by madprof98 ("moritur et ridet" - salvianus)
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To: Morgana

the fag church wants to keep digging its way out of the hole it’s in.


6 posted on 05/14/2012 3:52:17 PM PDT by chuck_the_tv_out
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To: Morgana

If that’s true, then shouldn’t the Episcopal church have been exploding with growth since they started ordaining females? Instead, it’s been in steady decline. If one is liberal, I fail to see why he would want to give up his Sunday mornings to go hear what he could already hear from the media anyway.


7 posted on 05/14/2012 3:56:28 PM PDT by ReformationFan
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To: Morgana

You know why Episcopalians can’t play chess, don’t you?


8 posted on 05/14/2012 4:02:21 PM PDT by tbpiper
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To: Olog-hai; wagglebee; little jeremiah

“These churches are falling apart because of moving away from their traditions.”

These churches are falling apart because of moving away from the Bible.

There fixed it!


9 posted on 05/14/2012 4:02:59 PM PDT by Morgana (I only come here to see what happens next. It normally does.)
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To: Morgana

I belong to an Episcopal parish. An Episcopal priest, a legal immigrant born in Ecquador, has approached us to start a congregation at our church serving the local Hispanics. We think it’s a fine idea. They will conduct services according to the rites of the church in Spanish. No one’s going to be checking immigration status at the parish door, or at the altar rail. Our main concern is that they involve themselves in the life of the parish. We are not interested in “renting” space to them and having them be separate. If they involve themselves in the life of the parish then they will be welcome. IF they hold themselves separate then they will have to leave.


10 posted on 05/14/2012 4:02:59 PM PDT by RonF
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And that is why I tell anybody who asks, I used to be an episcopalian.
11 posted on 05/14/2012 4:09:54 PM PDT by pfflier
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To: Morgana

Well yeah; that was supposed to be synonymous. Not always, though.


12 posted on 05/14/2012 4:11:13 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: tbpiper

Because they can’t tell the difference between a bishop and a queen.


13 posted on 05/14/2012 4:11:52 PM PDT by WashingtonSource
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To: Morgana

Episcopalians used to be one of the largest Christian denominations in the United States, and were a huge influence in America when this country was founded (almost all the founding fathers had ties to the Church of England) Now, they’re a shadow of their former selves and less than 2% of the population. So much for churches drawing more followers by being “less strict” and embracing socially liberal ideas.


14 posted on 05/14/2012 4:20:42 PM PDT by BillyBoy (Illegals for Perry/Gingrich 2012 : Don't be "heartless"/ Be "humane")
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To: Olog-hai

“Wrong a zillion times over. These churches are falling apart because of moving away from their traditions.”
_______________________________________________

You are right.
I was the senior warden of a 150+ year old Episcopal church in Tennessee.
I left the church by 1990 when the gays started taking over
and turned it into a temple of homosexuality and leftist thought.
What use to be the finest denomination in the USA has been
destroyed.

Every fundamental institution in the USA is under siege.
The MSM is Communist. Public education is Communist.
I do not know so much about entertainment/TV since I left the country in 2004.
I do get Rush and Savage by internet, and now have FOX news, and, of course FR :)


15 posted on 05/14/2012 4:26:03 PM PDT by AlexW
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To: pfflier

I hear that a lot.


16 posted on 05/14/2012 4:39:06 PM PDT by Morgana (I only come here to see what happens next. It normally does.)
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To: WashingtonSource

Bingo


17 posted on 05/14/2012 4:40:48 PM PDT by tbpiper
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To: Morgana
Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori

Sounds to me like they already tried that...so hows that all working out I wonder...
18 posted on 05/14/2012 4:41:20 PM PDT by battousai (Conservatives are racist? YES, I hate stupid white liberals.)
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To: tbpiper

“You know why Episcopalians can’t play chess, don’t you?”

They have no king on their side of the board.


19 posted on 05/14/2012 5:09:50 PM PDT by Morgana (I only come here to see what happens next. It normally does.)
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To: Morgana

Is the Bishop saying he needs more than just white people in the pews at Episcopal churches?


20 posted on 05/14/2012 5:19:22 PM PDT by SuziQ
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